Saga Briggs is a freelance journalist. Her articles on interoception and psychedelics have been published by Scientific American, Aeon+Psyche, and DoubleBlind Magazine. She is a former editor for the MIND European Foundation for Psychedelic Science and former managing editor of InformED, a digital magazine connecting teachers and students with trends in educational psychology. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she moved to Berlin in 2018 on a gut feeling and continues to move that way. Julie Holland, MD, is a psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, with a private practice in New York City. Her book Weekends at Bellevue chronicled her nine years running the psychiatric emergency room as an attending physician on the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine. Frequently featured on Today and in CNN's documentary series Weed, Holland is the editor of The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis and Ecstasy: The Complete Guide. She is the medical monitor for several clinical research studies on treating post-traumatic stress disorder, one using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and another examining the effects of various strains of cannabis. Her New York Times bestselling book Moody Bitches has been translated into eleven languages.

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• TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword by Julie Holland, MD xiiiAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction xixPART 1: PREDICTING THE BODY 1Predictive Coding 3Interoception 6The Bodily Self 10The Possibility Space 14PART 2: DISCONNECTION 19Alexithymia 22Schizophrenia 24Stress 27Loneliness 29Addiction 30Anxiety 33Depression 35PTSD 37Eating Disorders 39Suicidal Ideation 42PART 3: CONNECTION 45Authenticity 47Kama Muta 50Peak and Transcendent Experiences 54Nature 59Body, Emotion, Action 68Attachment 73Social Interoception 80Empathy and Compassion 88Body Oneness and Movement Synchrony 93Mindfulness 96Trust 107Music 113Narrative 124Movement, Yoga, and Reiki 133Psychedelics 142PART 4: EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITY SPACE 149Agency 151Expansion 154Transformation 159PART 5: PRACTICES 163MAIA Scale: Multidimensional Assessmentof Interoceptive Awareness 165Interoceptive Connection Toolkit 168Attentional Strategies 168Flexible Switching 172Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) 172Respiratory Practices 174Aligning Dimensions of Interoceptive Experience (ADIE) 175Somatic Practices 175Social Justice Approaches 177Practices from This Book 180Body Trusting Toolkit 181Glossary 187Notes 191Index 213

Saga Briggs is a freelance journalist. Her articles on interoception and psychedelics have been published by Scientific American, Aeon+Psyche, and DoubleBlind Magazine. She is a former editor for the MIND European Foundation for Psychedelic Science and former managing editor of InformED, a digital magazine connecting teachers and students with trends in educational psychology. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she moved to Berlin in 2018 on a gut feeling and continues to move that way. Julie Holland, MD, is a psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, with a private practice in New York City. Her book Weekends at Bellevue chronicled her nine years running the psychiatric emergency room as an attending physician on the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine. Frequently featured on Today and in CNN's documentary series Weed, Holland is the editor of The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis and Ecstasy: The Complete Guide. She is the medical monitor for several clinical research studies on treating post-traumatic stress disorder, one using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and another examining the effects of various strains of cannabis. Her New York Times bestselling book Moody Bitches has been translated into eleven languages.

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• TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword by Julie Holland, MD xiiiAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction xixPART 1: PREDICTING THE BODY 1Predictive Coding 3Interoception 6The Bodily Self 10The Possibility Space 14PART 2: DISCONNECTION 19Alexithymia 22Schizophrenia 24Stress 27Loneliness 29Addiction 30Anxiety 33Depression 35PTSD 37Eating Disorders 39Suicidal Ideation 42PART 3: CONNECTION 45Authenticity 47Kama Muta 50Peak and Transcendent Experiences 54Nature 59Body, Emotion, Action 68Attachment 73Social Interoception 80Empathy and Compassion 88Body Oneness and Movement Synchrony 93Mindfulness 96Trust 107Music 113Narrative 124Movement, Yoga, and Reiki 133Psychedelics 142PART 4: EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITY SPACE 149Agency 151Expansion 154Transformation 159PART 5: PRACTICES 163MAIA Scale: Multidimensional Assessmentof Interoceptive Awareness 165Interoceptive Connection Toolkit 168Attentional Strategies 168Flexible Switching 172Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) 172Respiratory Practices 174Aligning Dimensions of Interoceptive Experience (ADIE) 175Somatic Practices 175Social Justice Approaches 177Practices from This Book 180Body Trusting Toolkit 181Glossary 187Notes 191Index 213